The Menu
Interviews with top chefs, food innovators, and producers. Discover ingredients, trends, and stories shaping the world of food and drink.
Latest Episodes
Food Neighbourhoods 88: Tokyo, Yanesen
Monocle’s Kenji Hall takes us on a tour of the Tokyo district known for both its architecture and its independent food and drink businesses.
Pioneers of food and drink
Turkish top chef Mehmet Gurs’ new venture in Finland, a new type of low-alcohol beer, plus a business that curates and sells craft food and drinks made entirely in the UK.
Food Neighbourhoods 87: Miami, Little River
Monocle’s Kati Krause and architect-turned-restaurateur Fernando Lander take us on a tour of a lesser-known area of Miami that is attracting creatives and food entrepreneurs with low property prices and rare pockets of peace.
Australia’s best flat white
We find out how Canberra is challenging Sydney and Melbourne’s monopoly on quality coffee and how London’s Kricket restaurant shot to fame. Plus: a vegetarian burger that fools even meat connoisseurs.
Food Neighbourhoods 86: São Paulo, Consolação
Monocle’s Sheena Rossiter takes us on tour of the São Paulo district of Consolação, home to the city’s counterculture movements and global cuisine.
Best wines to try
The best lesser-known wines, New Zealand chef Peter Gordon’s fusion cuisine, plus why Milan is becoming a top destination for seafood fans.
Food Neighbourhoods 85: London, Fitzrovia
Film critic, broadcaster and a regular Monocle contributor Karen Krizanovich takes us on a culinary tour of her home neighbourhood in London: Fitzrovia.
Peruvian treats
We visit London’s first Peruvian bakery and profile a business that focuses on finding forgotten barrels of rare spirits. Plus: what makes for great food packaging
Food Neighbourhoods 84: Sydney, Leichhardt
Monocle contributor Aarti Betigeri takes us on a culinary tour of the Sydney neighbourhood that’s the city’s ‘little Italy’.
The next generation
We’re in Madrid where a new generation is taking over the city’s classic tabernas. We also meet Israel’s star chef Barak Aharoni and get the week’s top headlines from Toronto.
